Tomb thyself kinglike in the Pyramid,—

I cross the barren desert to be free.

My ship strides on despite an ebbing sea;

But there the Legion Lie shall find its doom,

And glut one deep, dark, hollow-vaulted tomb.

[A short pause; he looks at her and takes her hand.

You are so still!

Svanhild.

So happy! Suffer me,

O suffer me in silence still to dream.